03 February 2010

Filmbook-to-Be: Salinger doc to premiere at Cannes

The ink on the obituaries is barely dry and here comes news that a major documentary on the writer's life could hit theatres this fall. It's the passion project of screenwriter Shane Salerno who co-wrote "Armageddon" and "Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem," who has been working on it the last 5 years; it started out as a feature adaptation of one of the many unauthorized Salinger biographies, but switched course when Salerno realized he would probably run into rights trouble over that.

Was everyone aware except me that the reclusive writer in "Field of Dreams" was based on Salinger? The More You Know!

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